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Recent Examples of ancillary
With The Judgment Day on its last legs, the Creed Brothers not pushed as more than an ancillary act and A-Town Down Under largely disappearing from Raw, the red brand’s tag team division is remarkably thin.
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Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
Many of those shareholders are expected to be on the ground this week as the league prepares various ancillary events and activations.
—Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 23 Apr. 2025
And many of these ancillary tech gadgets appear to be from China.
—Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 16 Apr. 2025
Brand Identity The motivation behind these changes is clear: Southwest wants to boost revenue through ancillary fees and attract new customer segments.
—Roger Dooley, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
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Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
Many of those shareholders are expected to be on the ground this week as the league prepares various ancillary events and activations.
—Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 23 Apr. 2025
And many of these ancillary tech gadgets appear to be from China.
—Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 16 Apr. 2025
Brand Identity The motivation behind these changes is clear: Southwest wants to boost revenue through ancillary fees and attract new customer segments.
—Roger Dooley, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ancillary
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Photo : The Hudson Advisory Team A secondary elevator opens to a long corridor that leads to three guest bedrooms, each with a private bath.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
2 May 2025
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That's possible because not only did general managers, their staff and coaches get the numbers, but secondary staffers and some media did as well, a source said.—
Armando Salguero OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
2 May 2025
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The plans include a new 10,000-square-foot auxiliary hangar, two additional maintenance hangars, and a 2,500-square-foot classroom building with a breakroom and vending area.—
Katie Sartoris,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 May 2025
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Having made all his available substitutions, Coach Simone Inzaghi resorted to desperation, ordering Francesco Acerbi to go forward and play as an auxiliary striker.—
Adam Digby,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
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Each theater navy has its subordinate submarine flotillas, surface ship flotillas, aviation units, and naval bases, the Pentagon stated in its Chinese military power report.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 May 2025
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Therefore, all the other religions found in India thrive because of Hinduism, and are subordinate to it.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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Only pilots, flight dispatchers, and flight attendants at subsidiary regional carrier Endeavor Air are union members.—
Ted Reed,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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Nagata’s son, Hiroyuki, is CEO of subsidiary Retail AI, which is in charge of developing the smart shopping carts and AI cameras.—
Zinnia Lee,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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Despite trillions of dollars at stake, forest destruction—and the corporate role in driving it—is still widely treated as a peripheral issue.—
Felicia Jackson,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
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But after a playoff contender over in the American League suffered a brutal injury setback, the Mets could be looking to offload some of their peripheral talent.—
Peter Chawaga,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 May 2025
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These spices are often mixed to optimize their therapeutic potential and provide supplementary advantages.—
Anna Giorgi,
Verywell Health,
8 May 2025
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The winning Oz Lotto numbers were 14, 32, 13, 29, 41, 23 and 8, and the supplementary numbers were 43, 4 and 40, according to The Lott.—
David Chiu,
People.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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Now, with access to Sherpa guides, porters, supplemental oxygen and top-of-the-range equipment, the mountain is far more accessible to hobbyists and tourists.—
Amy Woodyatt,
CNN Money,
13 May 2025
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Giving a killer robot killer cheekbones and killer abs, but repeatedly showing us his Ken doll-style absence of genitals, becomes a peculiar piece of world-building that even supplemental dialogue can’t fix.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
12 May 2025
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Most of what’s found doesn’t really apply to the gameplay in real time — even the guns pilfered from enemy corpses end up being marginal upgrades best used as a swap once ammo is low.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
2 May 2025
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The rest of the state is at a marginal risk, including Jonesboro and West Memphis, which means isolated, severe thunderstorms are possible, according to the weather service.—
Remington Miller,
Arkansas Online,
30 Apr. 2025
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“Ancillary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ancillary. Accessed 17 May. 2025.
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